The world’s earliest sound recording: “Au clair de la lune”

Yes, this is apparently the first sound that has been successfully recorded. The French song “Au clair de la lune”, was recorded by Edouard-Léon Scott in year… 1860 on a phonoautogram. It could only be decoded recently with modern techniques. Listen to it!

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